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A man has been charged over a fight that broke out on the sidelines of a Fraser Anning press conference, where the controversial senator again called for a ban on Muslim immigration.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has endorsed a Queensland candidate's campaign slogan - "Ken stands for coal" - as climate continues to be a hot election issue.

Outlined by lights, the man on the stage holds a mic in one hand and waves the other as he preaches to the faithful about hope.

Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie has dumped a campaign volunteer amid allegations he stalked her Liberal rival, Georgina Downer.

Bill Shorten is grateful people no longer pull down the blinds or turn up the television to drown out the noise of domestic abuse next door.

Mohamed Noor, the former Minneapolis police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Ruszczyk Damond, has described how he heard a loud bang on his squad car and then saw a woman in a pink shirt with blonde hair appear at his partner's window and raise her right arm.

A man has been charged over the alleged murder of a woman after her body was found in Melbourne's Chinatown.

Right-wing political parties have nabbed the top three spots on Queensland's Senate ballot paper.

The former girlfriend of a Brisbane man accused of killing his housemate in a dispute about rent says he complained while they were in bed about the alleged victim owing rent.

Pauline Hanson's chances of getting two of her One Nation colleagues over the line in the Senate have lifted with lucky ballot paper draws in Queensland and Western Australia.